A splash of history... Recently the river gave up more fragments of glass and pottery from across the centuries, each one taking me on a tiny tangent through time: Victorian transferwares and quack cures, a medieval floor tile, and the heady 'Perfume Bouquet de Roi G IV' — literally, the scent of George IV. I nearly overlooked the beautiful but slightly bust early perfume bottle, but am so glad I didn’t. Likely dating from the 1820s–40s, it instantly transported me to another era… The perfumer e